SAG Strategic Advisory Group
Training & Instruction

Train for the moment no one plans for.

Private courses for corporate security teams, traveling staff, executives and families. Taught by former Tier 1 intelligence officers and counterterrorism operators who have trained for these scenarios, and worked them, for most of their careers. Our aim is simple: give your people a better chance of coming home.

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New course · Active Threat Response

No Exit

Run, Hide, Fight when there is nowhere to run

Built after the attack on flydubai FZ1073, for anyone who travels for work or with family. Aircraft, vehicles, hotels and single-exit rooms leave no room to run or hide. This course trains people to recognize the warning signs, decide fast, act together, and keep the wounded alive until help arrives.

  • Pre-incident indicators in airports, hotels and offices
  • Decision-making in aircraft, vehicles and confined spaces
  • Team response: committing together to control an attacker
  • Hands-on bleeding control with tourniquets and pressure dressings
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All courses

Every course is taught privately, to your people.

Curricula are built to the client, not sold off a shelf. Courses run at your site or ours, for a leadership team, a security department, a group of travelers, or a single family.

01Active Threat Response

No Exit

Run, Hide, Fight adapted for aircraft, vehicles, hotels and single-exit rooms. Recognizing pre-incident behavior, deciding fast when there is no way out, acting together to control an attacker, and keeping the wounded alive until help arrives.

Read: Case study: Flydubai FZ1073 →Read: Run, Hide, Fight When There Is Nowhere to Run →
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02Tactical Medicine

Golden Hour

Trauma response, bleeding control, and casualty care under pressure, from basic responder to sustained field care. Taught by a former Air Force Combat Rescue Officer.

Read: Run, Hide, Fight When There Is Nowhere to Run →
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03Advanced & Evasive Driving

Hard Target Mobility

Vehicle control at the limit, attack recognition, escape and evasion, motorcade discipline, and secure movement.

Read: Travel Security: Best Practices for Principals →
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04Firearms

Deliberate Fire

Defensive marksmanship, close-quarters engagement, and judgment under stress. Civilian through protective detail standard.

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05Surveillance

Silent Watch

Static and mobile surveillance, covert photography, log discipline, and investigative fieldcraft.

Read: Locating a Witness in Virginia →
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06Surveillance Detection

Countersight

Recognizing when you are being watched, route analysis, and the discipline that makes hostile reconnaissance fail.

Read: The Role of OSINT in Family Office Security →Read: Travel Security: Best Practices for Principals →
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07Protective Operations

Inner Cordon

Advance work, close protection formations, venue and route planning, and embus and debus drills.

Read: Understanding Executive Protection in the Modern Era →
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08Leadership Under Pressure

Commander’s Intent

Decision-making with incomplete information, crisis command, and how teams hold together when the plan breaks.

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09Speaking & Presence

Command Presence

Public speaking, media handling, and composure under hostile questioning, for principals and executive teams.

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10Capstone · SERE

Last Light

An immersive, multi-day capstone for people who may one day be isolated, detained, or on their own in hostile ground: field survival, evading pursuit, resisting hostile questioning, and escaping restraint.

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For organizations

Corporate & Team

For corporate security, HR and travel managers. Train every employee who travels, not only the protected few. Delivered at your site, scheduled around operations, and documented for your duty-of-care records.

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For individuals

Private & Family

One-to-one and family instruction, taught discreetly and paced to the student. Nothing recorded, nothing published, no group sessions.

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SAG instructors on the driving pad during a Hard Target Mobility session
On the pad: Hard Target Mobility
Former Tier 1 Intelligence & Operators

Taught by the people who do the work.

SAG’s training is led by our COO, a former DEVGRU (SEAL Team 6) operator, alongside former Secret Service agents, pararescuemen and special operators. Our teams have trained for these scenarios day in and day out, and every course is built from what works when the stakes are real.

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